COLLECTA 2018: HORSE COUNTRY - Belgian Mare Chestnut (88819)

Another new handsome specimen of a horse for the horse lovers out there.

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The Belgian Horse, also known as Brabant or Belgian Draft Horse, is one of the strongest breeds. As shown in the CollectA model as a mare it comes mostly in a chestnut fur with flaxen mane and tail. Originally used as a working horse it is now used also for pleasure riding.

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Lovely, lovely, lovely !!!! The thighs are perhaps not sturdy enough, and the body could be deeper, but it is a lovely model.

I have never seen a chestnut Belgian draught before, - here in Denmark they are all bay, bay-roan, or ( rarely) black .[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Perhaps it is because the local Jutland horse is usually flaxen chestnut, so that way they are easier to tell from each other

I have never seen a chestnut Belgian draught before, - here in Denmark they are all bay, bay-roan, or ( rarely) black .[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Perhaps it is because the local Jutland horse is usually flaxen chestnut, so that way they are easier to tell from each other

My uncle used to work with a pair, one of them bay-roan and the other flaxen

Considering Deborah is still the sculptor of CollectA's horses and taking in consideration she is North American. So, what we are seeing is an American Belgian draft horse. It explains its color as Taos correctly pointed once it is the most common color for this breed in America. The design looks fairly simple but correct.

The chestnut colour for the Belgian drafthorse is very common here in the Netherlands and in Belgium.Those horses present a very famous Belgian beer called Palm beer.For the longest time they were represented on the label of the beer bottle and in commercials.When you say: "Palm beer" in Belgium or Holland, everyone automaticly thinks of chestnut Belgian drafthorses.

The chestnut colour for the Belgian drafthorse is very common here in the Netherlands and in Belgium.Those horses present a very famous Belgian beer called Palm beer.For the longest time they were represented on the label of the beer bottle and in commercials.When you say: "Palm beer" in Belgium or Holland, everyone automaticly thinks of chestnut Belgian drafthorses.

Except the term “Brabant” refers to European Belgian Drafts only This one is clearly an American/Canadian type. European horses look heavier, are shorter and less “leggy”. Also, they are very rarely chrstnut, unlike the American type, which is almost exclusively chestnut.

Very nice! I like the colour as well as the sculpt very much, though as some of you wrote her body could be deeper. Probably my favourite horse of the 2018 range.

In my country we have Czech-Moravian Belgian horse, it's local variant of Belgian breed. My relatives had a bay mare, when I was younger and they brood her, I remember she delivered a chestnut filly. They can be chestnut, bay, roan, black and (rarely) even grey in our country.Here is a Czech-Moravian Belgian champion 3 yrs old filly from Moravian Championship 2016:[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.][You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

And stunning Czech-Moravian Belgian stallion Agy 1699 who later became The Horse of the Year in 2016:[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]He is definitely on me the most beautiful horses I have ever seen.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I hope I can have a replica of him, one day, and I'm gonna to add the CollectA mare to my herd.

Yes, my first thought as well is this is clearly an American Belgian. Most Belgians here are chestnut in color and are much lighter built than the European type. Lovely model, great to see another draft!

Yes, my first thought as well is this is clearly an American Belgian. Most Belgians here are chestnut in color and are much lighter built than the European type. Lovely model, great to see another draft!

I guess we were discussing the same thing with Percheron mare - that she is a lighter, long legged American version of the breed.

I am glad you like my pictures! [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: you can still get the Belgian mare from different sources like: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Obviously it is OK that you put these pictures here, Shanti! And it is a privilege to have the chance of watching them. These pictures are really wonderful and you make these horses look real! Naturally you are a great photographer but, it was not possible to have such a good effect if the figure was not realistic. I love that Belgian, is really perfect!

Hi [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], unfortunately the grey one isn't factory paintwork, it is repainted by [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] herself. The factory one is plain grey, similar to the simple painting of that Belgian mare. They look nice together though